Client Experiences with the Milwaukee Justice Center

Every year the Milwaukee Justice Center serves thousands of self-represented litigants in needof civil legal services through the Self-Help Desks and the Brief Legal Advice & Referral Clinics. In order to provide a better understanding of the kind of service the Milwaukee JusticeCenter provides,some of our clients have volunteered to share their experiences with you.

Here is what they had to say about the MJC:

Self-Help Desks

“When I couldn’t remember information, the staff

was compassionate andpatient and still helped me

through the process, treating me with respect. When

I started I was very overwhelmed by heeverything I

had to go through. The Milwaukee Justice Center

gaveme the help I needed.”

- LaDonna

“Without the Milwaukee Justice Center, I would have had no other optionbut to hire an attorney, which I wouldn’t have been able to afford, and as a result shown up at my court date unprepared. I am very thankful that theMJC was able to point me in the right direction and give me thehelp that I needed.”

- Debbie

“The volunteer I dealt with at the Milwaukee Justice

Center was tremendous,I almost hugged her. Iknow

there are a lot of people like me who don’t know

where to start, but they made it simple and

straightforward. They led methrough the process

and made it quick and painless. The MJC helped

meunderstand the process and they explained it to

me clearly.I wish that I had come here earlier.”

-Ron

Brief Legal Advice & Referral Clinic

“I came to the Milwaukee Justice Center for help with my Small Claims issue,the Clinic is very helpful and it is good that this is here for people. They made sure I was doing things right, and reassured me I had taken the right steps. If this service wasn’t available I am not sure who I would have asked for advice on this issue.”

- Donald

“While I was sick in the hospital my landlord moved me out of my house without my permission. I wasn’t sure what to do about it, and the people here at theclinic helped me. Without this service I would have been in bad shape because I didn’t have any other option, and couldn’t afford an attorney. I am grateful for the Milwaukee Justice Center because nowadays it seems you can’t get any help without dropping money."

- Wayne

"We are very pleased with the work the Milwaukee Justice Center does. They are very professional, and took our problem seriously. We are not sure we would have been able to get help anywhere else because when you are going through a foreclosure you don’t have extra money to hire any attorney. It is niceto be able to get some direction, and avoid the legal maze. We appreciate that there are people out there offering honest legal advice, and truly trying to help.”